The team of Lane Daley from Kingsport, Tenn. and Lisa Moore of Jonesborough, Tenn. came in third at one hour, 16 minutes and 45 seconds. Doug McMillan, who lives in Belton, S.C. and Misty and Vicki Smith from Inman, S.C. were fourth with a time of one hour, 23 minutes and 56 seconds. The fifth place team was Candace Crawford and Carla Fullam, who are both from Horse Shoe, N.C. in one hour, 24 minutes and 41 seconds. Eden Isbell of Gastonia, N.C. came in at one hour and 15 minutes for a sixth-place finish.
The Trail Rider Division had a more leisurely calculated optimum time of one hour, 51 minutes and 36 seconds. Brook and Ed Lominack of Greenville, S.C. were the winners and came in with a time of one hour and 51 minutes, less than a minute off of the optimum. In second place was Hannah Crawford in one hour, 53 minutes and 25 seconds. Boots Plyler of Greenville, S.C. and Jan Smith from Columbus placed third with a time of one hour, 53 minutes and 35 seconds.
Donna and Christopher Monagle from Pauline, S.C. wound up in fourth place after a ride of one hour, 49 minutes and 35 seconds. There was a tie for fifth place. The team of Lisa Spriggs from Campobello and Skyler Warren of Tryon and the team of Allison Porter from Hudson, N.C. and Townes Wessels of Hickory, N.C. both had times of one hour and 54 minutes. The sixth-place honor went to Angle Annas and Cody Lee, also from Hudson, who came in at one hour, 54 minutes, and 30 seconds.
The next ride scheduled for the Western Carolina Hunter Pace Series is the FENCE Spring Hunter Pace, now planned for Sunday, Feb. 12. For more information on upcoming rides, visit www.wchpace.org or contact series coordinator Jan Smith at Jan@WCHPace.org or 828-894-8760.
– article submitted
by Boots Plyler